Whoa. That's weird. After writing in my last post about why people do these kinds of destructive actions, I came into the staff room a...

You can read about it at The Marmot Hole , so I won't reprint the whole thing here, but basically, they caught the guy who torched ...

All around Seoul and the rest of Korea, there are markers and placards around historical sites saying "XXX place, Korean National Treas...

It's the Seollal Festival right now -- the Lunar New Year (known in North America as Chinese New Year -- we wanted it to be called Korea...

The White Stripes - There's No Home For You Here -- their best song so far, in my opinion. Ignore the slideshow -- scroll past. Just h...

butchered dog

Cat Stevens: Father And Son -- one of the top five songs I wish I could play on guitar. NOT on the list: Hero by Mariah Carey. I went to thi...

There's a new section in the Korea Herald (the paper my school receives) called "Expat Living". I sent a letter in about some...

Sometimes this happens. It's cute. . . my favourite is when they get the giggles.

OK. I like to be positive, as much as I can, but this just begs to be mocked. Protests played an important part in social change in Korea: ...

Don't get sad about Heath Ledger, Get MAD about this. Get really mad. (hat-tip to Occidentalism.org for this clip)

I was the best man at my brother's wedding. Here was my toast for him and his wonderful wife, Caryn. Dan And Caryn Ouwehand's Wed...

My Mom's dad (we call him Opa, the Dutch word for grandfather) has made one of the main tasks of his retirement to write a family histor...

"What the Snowman Learned About Love" by Stars I've been interested by the recent Tiger Woods non-story . Seems a sports anch...

1. Konglish: there's a bar right next to my school called "Beer Valley" that's harmless in itself, but because of Konglis...

Tell everyone you know: the classic nobody's ever heard of is available for free. The album I like better than Joni Mitchell's Blue,...

This was from a friend's facebook page: I love bonfires, and the colour contrast in this one's beautiful. I miss bonfires, and havi...